A Strange World, Living Off a Woman with Pride

Southwind City was enormous. Last night, Jiang He had someone drive him there, and the trip had taken a long time.

The light at night had been dim, making it impossible to see anything clearly. Only in daylight could he glimpse the strange scenes from his memories.

Metal rails crisscrossed through the air, with rail trains shuttling along them. The closer he got to the city center, the taller the buildings on either side became, giving him the feeling of skyscrapers standing in rows from his previous life.

"What kind of world is this...?"

Even though the original owner's memories contained related scenes, Su Chen could not help but marvel. He walked slowly through the streets, stopping now and then to ask for directions and confirm his location.

The closer he got to the region beneath the light source, the more prosperous it became.

There was even a toll between the outer city and the inner city. Su Chen did not have a single coin on him, but fortunately, showing his transfer letter allowed him to pass.

The pedestrians on the street were dressed in all sorts of styles, as though time and space had become jumbled. He even saw someone fitted with a metal mechanical arm.

As he walked and asked questions, all sorts of scenes that had existed only in the original owner's memories gradually became memories of his own.

It took him most of the day to finally reach Southwind Academy, located in the northern district of Southwind Inner City. Its grayish-brown walls stretched far into the distance and stood three or four meters tall.

The grand metal gates were carved with dense patterns and tightly shut. Only the smaller gates on either side were open, with many young people entering and leaving.

He spotted Jiang He standing beside the small gate on the left at a glance, because she was simply too eye-catching. Her gray teacher's skirt barely covered her knees, while her purple blouse outlined her alluring figure. She even wore gold-rimmed glasses.

Students passing by, and even people on the street, could not help but look at her.

Jiang He seemed used to it. There was even impatience on her face as her gaze continuously swept the area.

Jiang He noticed Su Chen immediately and walked over with a seductive sway.

"Why did you take so long?" Her expression was unpleasant. She had waited here for most of the day and thought something had happened.

"It was too far away. There was nothing I could do."

"You didn't take the elevated rail train?" She frowned.

"I had no money." Su Chen was frank.

Jiang He fell silent, then turned around. "Follow me."

Their exchange attracted plenty of attention. People whispered among themselves, and some male students could not help showing envy and jealousy in their eyes.

Jiang He was a relatively famous teacher at the academy. Rumor had it that many good-looking students had once had deep exchanges with this teacher, enough to make people's imaginations run wild.

After entering the school, the attention they received became even more obvious. Some people even took out some kind of device and secretly aimed it at them.

Southwind Academy was not small either. It took the two of them some time to reach the academic affairs building.

"A transfer student?" The person in charge of the academic affairs office was a middle-aged woman.

Her voice drew the attention of several middle-aged men in the office. The looks they gave Su Chen had already carried a certain implication, but now turned into naked jealousy.

"Yes, Teacher Zhao, hurry up." Jiang He urged her. "Oh, and remember to arrange a dormitory for him."

Su Chen added, "Preferably a private dormitory."

Teacher Zhao glanced over Su Chen's face and secretly shook her head as she put away the transfer letter.

She operated a device that projected a grayish-yellow virtual screen before her. "Identification code."

Drawing on his memories, Su Chen recited a string of characters. His information loaded onto the virtual screen.

"A refugee?" Teacher Zhao's eyes widened.

The gazes gathering around them became even more astonished, and the way they looked at Jiang He grew strange as well.

"Hurry up." Jiang He said impatiently. She clearly held some status.

The other woman did not dare delay and quickly operated the device, transferring his information into Southwind Academy's records.

"All right. First-year Mysticism. You'll attend classes directly with her. Your dormitory is Room 301, Building 13, District B. Your tuition, accommodation, and miscellaneous fees come to 1,246 gold..."

Teacher Zhao looked up at Su Chen. Su Chen looked at Jiang He.

Jiang He's face darkened. "I know. I'll pay it for him later."

"All right, then... huh?" Teacher Zhao's expression suddenly changed. She said in surprise, "Why does he have to leave the city in half a month?"

"Half a month?" Jiang He was startled too. She looked at Su Chen. "Didn't you say it was another three or four months?"

"In my memories, it was three or four months." Su Chen recalled. The original owner had remembered this matter deeply, so he should not have been wrong.

Jiang He's expression shifted. "I understand."

"Your student ID..." Teacher Zhao took out a gilded card from a device beside her, with Su Chen's photograph on it.

"You'll need it for most things in the academy."

The two left one after the other, and discussion immediately broke out in the office.

"Why is she playing the cultivation game now? She even found herself a refugee. Tsk, tsk... she's even paying his tuition..."

"Who knows? Maybe the kid has some special talent and sweet-talked her into being happy..."

"But isn't it a little late for him to enroll now? He has to leave the city in half a month. Even if he's a transfer student and only needs to patrol near the city, it isn't without danger..."

"Someone altered your records," Jiang He said quietly in the corridor.

"You can't change them back?" Su Chen asked.

"If your records were still with the Refugee Bureau, I could find someone to change them. But now that they've been entered into Southwind Academy, it's very troublesome..." Jiang He was clearly annoyed. "They acted last night. They moved fast."

"He probably wants to use you to find out what happened last night."

"Why haven't you killed him yet?" Su Chen asked, knowing who she meant.

"There's something strange about this. He isn't the only one stirring things up behind the scenes. We want to drag them all out, and he's not easy to deal with either..." Jiang He spoke vaguely, then added:

"Still, you're already a Strongman, so there won't be much danger. Everything that needs arranging has already been arranged. I'll go investigate who altered your records. Maybe this can serve as a breakthrough."

She looked quite excited. Su Chen's usefulness had already begun to show.

After leaving the building, Jiang He hurried away. Su Chen looked around, then stopped a student. "Excuse me, where's our school's library?"

When the other person saw the student ID in Su Chen's hand, his attitude noticeably softened, and he pointed him in a general direction.

After taking two steps, Su Chen suddenly stopped and said regretfully, "I forgot to ask for money."

Shaking his head, he headed for the library. He needed to figure out some things as soon as possible.

The artificial light source hanging above all of Southwind City gradually shifted from blazing white to grayish yellow.

On the fourth floor of Southwind City's library, Su Chen let out a long breath and twisted his stiff neck, producing a series of crackling sounds. He closed the Basic Notes on Occupations in his hands and returned it to its place.

He had crammed a great deal of basic information that even the original owner did not possess, such as occupational sequences.

Broadly speaking, they could be divided into three categories: physical, spiritual, and miscellaneous.

Physical occupations strengthened the body and emphasized returning great power to oneself.

Spiritual occupations focused on the mind and used it to wield mysterious and unpredictable external forces.

However, the two were not completely distinct. According to the vague explanations in the books, some occupations could combine both physical and spiritual aspects.

The classifications were merely a method of distinction. Miscellaneous occupations, on the other hand, were rather unusual. Rope Master, for example, was a miscellaneous occupation.

The books also gave some ordinary examples. A cartographer could turn another person's description, or even what they imagined in their mind, directly into a real blueprint.

Or an architect could coordinate construction materials and erect a large building in a short time.

Many miscellaneous occupations were spread throughout every walk of life.